Necktie



sept. 7, 1937. B RAY A 2,092,020

NECKTIE Filed March 172, 1937 v position with its laterally extendingflap in en- Patented Sept. 7, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757)V 'Ihe invention described hereinmay be vmanufactured and used by or for the Government for governmentalpurposes, without the payment to lme of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates generally to an improved design for neckties, butmore particularly to a necktie, provided with an attaching means formedintegral therewith.

One object of the invention is to provide a necktie devoid of surplusmaterial, which may be worn particularly with uniforms, where long4extending ends, arey not only unnecessary, but bunglesome, and preventa smooth fit of the coat.

Another object of the invention is to provide -a simple and effectiveattaching means formed y integral with the tie, which engages with ashirt Ybutton to hold the necktie in proper position.

' Withr these and other objects in view this inventon consists 'incertain novel details of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts to be more fully hereinafter described and set forth in theaccompanying claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein the preferred embodiment of theinvention is shown- Fig. l is a View showing in full lines the frontface of necktie and the portion of the folded extremity constituting thelaterally extending tab; Fig. 2 shows the rear face of the necktie andthe entire. folded extremity; and Y Fig. 3 is a view showing the necktiein tied gagement with a shirt button. The necktie sho-wn is of thefour-in-hand type and may -be any well .known construction. It isprovided with a central body portion orneck band (I), a large outer endor apron (2), and a smaller inner end (3), which may betapered to agreater width than the neck band, or of the same width throughout asshown in the illustrations. The apron (2) terminates in a diagonal edge(4), and the end portion adjacent'this extremity is folded back alongthe line (5), and sewed to the rear face of the apron (2) to form a hem.

By thus hemming the extremity of the apron (2) aprojecting tab (6) isformed into which a buttonhole (1) is worked. The edge (4) of this hemmay be. seamed only along the extent of the 5 tab, as from (8) to (9)and the remainder of 'edge 9) to (I0) stitched to the rear face of theapron (2), or the entire edge (4) may be first seamed and then theportion (9) to (I0) in contact with the rear face of the apron (2) sewed10 to the latter. f

The apron (2), is preferably made much shorter than those, of theordinary necktie, since it is primarily intended to be used with auniform coat which always remains buttoned, and therefore it is onlynecessary for the necktie to extend a short distance below the foldededge of the lapels. f

lAlthough in the foregoing, various elements have been defined as bestadapted to perform the functions allotted to them, nevertheless it is tobe understood that various minor changes may be resorted towithin thescope of the appendedV claims, without departing from or sacrificing anyof the principles of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent is:

. 1. A necktie comprising a neck-band, an inner end, and an apronterminating in a diagonal edge, said apron being folded upon itselfadjacent and parallel to said edge to form a hem, and a tab, formed bythe laterally projecting portion of saidV hem, provided with abuttonhole adapted to engage a button of a shirt. Y

2. A necktie comprising a neck-band, an inner end, and an apronterminating in a diagonal edge, said apron being folded upon itselfadjacent said edgeto form a hem, and a tabl, formed by the laterallyprojecting portion of said hem seamed along said diagonal edge andprovided with a buttonhole adapted to engage the button of a shirt;

Y BENEDICT RAY.'

